Her Mind Matters Workshop
A Girl Scout Gold Award Mental Health Project
Knowledge. Compassion. Empowerment.
Because a healthy mind leads to a stronger future.
Her Mind Matters is a Girl Scout Gold Award project created and led by Jasmine Levy to increase mental health awareness, reduce stigma, and help adolescent girls develop practical skills for understanding and caring for their emotional well-being.
Through this project, Jasmine brought together licensed mental health professionals, community supporters, and young people for a two-day interactive workshop focused on helping girls understand that mental health is an important part of whole-person health.
The goal was not only to teach participants about mental health conditions, but also to help girls recognize emotions, understand when everyday stress may be becoming something more serious, develop healthy coping strategies, know when and how to seek support, and feel empowered to support themselves and others.
About the Girl Scout Gold Award
The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest award a Girl Scout can earn.
Gold Award projects challenge Girl Scouts to identify an important issue in their community, research its causes, develop and lead a meaningful project, work collaboratively with others, and create an impact that can continue beyond the original project.
For her Gold Award project, Jasmine chose to focus on adolescent mental health and emotional wellness.
Her vision for Her Mind Matters was to create a welcoming environment where girls could learn about mental health without shame or judgment while also gaining practical tools they could use in their everyday lives.
Her Mind Matters: The Workshop
The Her Mind Matters Two-Day Mental Health Workshop for Girls was held on August 7–8, 2026.
The workshop combined mental health education with interactive activities designed to make learning approachable, memorable, and relevant to the real-life experiences of adolescents.
Participants were reminded throughout the program:
You are heard. You matter. You are enough.
Day 1: Learn
Day 1 focused on mental health education and foundational coping skills.
Participants learned about:
Mental health as part of whole-person health
The difference between everyday stress and symptoms that begin interfering with daily functioning
Recognizing and naming emotions
Using a feelings wheel to better understand emotional experiences
How thoughts, emotions, and behaviors influence one another
Basic principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Depression and how it may affect thoughts, emotions, sleep, appetite, school performance, relationships, concentration, motivation, and behavior
Anxiety and the difference between normal worry and anxiety that becomes difficult to manage
Trauma, triggers, body alarm responses, avoidance, grounding, and emotional safety
When to seek additional help
How to support a friend who may be struggling
The importance of identifying trusted adults and professional resources
Participants also practiced coping strategies focused on anxiety, depression, and trauma.
Watch Her Mind Matters — Day 1
Day 2: Explore
Day 2 focused on making coping skills creative, active, enjoyable, and practical.
Participants explored different ways of regulating emotions and managing stress through activities including:
Canvas painting and creative expression
Art as a tool for focus, emotional expression, and accomplishment
Emotional support animals and service animals
Animal-assisted comfort and grounding
Crafts and hobbies
Relaxation and grounding
Developing a personalized collection of coping strategies
Identifying supportive people to contact when additional help is needed
The girls were encouraged to recognize that there is no single coping skill that works for everyone. Healthy coping often involves trying different strategies and learning which tools work best for you.
Watch Her Mind Matters — Day 2
Meet the Mental Health Presenters
Jasmine partnered with experienced social work and mental health professionals who volunteered their time and expertise to support the project.
Shenna Fisher, MSW, LCSW-S
Shenna Fisher is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and clinical supervisor and the owner of Deep Dive Individual & Family Counseling Services, PLLC in San Antonio, Texas.
She has more than a decade of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families across private practice, psychiatric, pediatric hospital, child welfare, residential, educational, and community settings.
During Her Mind Matters, Shenna helped participants understand mental health as part of whole-person wellness, identify and understand emotions, recognize when symptoms may be interfering with everyday life, and learn how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are connected through basic Cognitive Behavioral Therapy concepts.
She also facilitated coping-skills activities designed to help girls practice healthier ways of responding to difficult emotions.
Michelle Teveni, LCSW
Michelle Teveni generously volunteered her professional knowledge and experience to help educate participants about depression and anxiety.
Her presentation helped girls better understand how depression and anxiety may appear in everyday adolescent life—including changes in thoughts, mood, friendships, school performance, sleep, appetite, concentration, irritability, motivation, and physical symptoms.
Participants were also reminded that experiencing mental health challenges does not mean that someone has to manage them alone and that effective help and support are available.
Tiffany Juarez, LCSW-S
Tiffany Juarez contributed her professional expertise to the workshop by helping participants understand trauma, emotional safety, and support.
Her portion of the program introduced trauma in an age-appropriate way and helped participants understand triggers, body alarm responses, avoidance, grounding, and the importance of supportive—not pressuring—responses when someone is struggling.
Participants also practiced an important message for helping a friend:
“I care about you, and I want to help you tell a trusted adult.”
What We Hoped Participants Would Take Away
By the end of Her Mind Matters, participants were encouraged to leave knowing:
My mental health matters.
My emotions give me information, but they do not have to control my actions.
I can learn healthier ways to respond to difficult thoughts and feelings.
Coping skills become more effective when I practice them.
There are many healthy ways to cope—including talking, creating, moving, breathing, grounding, journaling, music, hobbies, and spending time with supportive people or animals.
I do not have to wait until I am in a crisis to ask for help.
I can identify safe adults and professionals who can help me.
If a friend may be unsafe, caring about her means getting a trusted adult involved rather than keeping a dangerous secret.
And most importantly:
I am not alone.
Continuing the Impact
Although the live workshop has ended, Jasmine designed Her Mind Matters so that its message and educational resources could continue reaching girls, families, and community members.
By making the workshop recordings available online, other young people and caregivers can continue learning about mental health, healthy coping, emotional awareness, and help-seeking.
We invite families, educators, youth leaders, Girl Scouts, community organizations, and young people to watch and share the workshop.
Watch the Full Workshop
Day 1 — Mental Health Education & Coping Skills Watch Day 1
Day 2 — Creative & Interactive Coping Skills Watch Day 2
Her Mind. Her Voice. Her Future.
Let’s build a brighter tomorrow—together.
Important Note
Her Mind Matters is an educational and mental health awareness project. Workshop materials and recordings are intended for psychoeducation and skill-building and are not a substitute for individualized mental health assessment, diagnosis, psychotherapy, or medical care. Young people experiencing significant emotional distress or safety concerns should speak with a parent, guardian, trusted adult, school professional, medical provider, or qualified mental health professional.